1.Napoleon’s power extended directly or indirectly over all of the following territories except

a)The Dutch republic and the Italian states

b)Spain and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw

c)Austria, Prussia, and Russia

d)Sweden, Britain, and the Ottoman Empire

d) Sweden, Britain, and the Ottoman Empire

1. As emperor, Napoleon made all of the following changes except

a)Strengthening the economy

b)Limiting freedom of religion

c)Instituting a new legal code

d)Allowing noble émigrés to return to France

b) limiting freedom of religion

1.The main cause of the Spanish rebellion against the French in 1808 was

a)Guerilla warfare

b)Economic hardships caused by napoleon’s Continental system

c)The brutality of the French army

d)Spanish nationalism

d) Spanish nationalism

1.The person most responsible for the accomplishments of the Congress of Vienna was

a)Czar Alexander I of Russia

b)Emperor Francis of Austria

c)Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria

d)King Frederick William III of Prussia

c) Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria

1.All of the following were members of the Holy Alliance except

a)Italy b) Russia

c) Austria d) Prussia

a) Italy

1.The Napoleonic code was a comprehensive set of

a)Military strategies

b)Laws

c)Economic rules

d)Political judgments

b) laws

1.The war of 1812 was fought between which two countries

a)Prussia and Britain

b)France and Britain

c)Austria and France

d)Britain and the United States

d) Britain and the United States

1.All of these factors contributed to the defeat of Napoleon’s army in Russia except

a)Russia’s initial defense at its borders

b)The czar’s scorched earth policy

c)Russia’s climate and typhus

d)The czar’s destruction of Moscow

a) Russia's initial defense at its borders

1.Who was not one of the major powers at the congress of Vienna

a)Britain

b)France

c)Prussia

d)Spain

d) Spain

T/F

1.Napoleon gained initial fame by defeating an army from the committee of public safety who threatened the National Convention in 1795

false

he gained fame protecting them from royalists

T/F

1.The revolution provided Napoleon with great opportunity for career advancement

true

T/F

1.After the defeat of Napoleon, eastern and central Europe remained more conservative and remained absolute monarchies

true

T/F

1.Early success against the British in Italy made Napoleon the most famous general in all of Europe

False, success was over Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia

T/F

1.Napoleon first seized political power through a coup d’état becoming first consul of the French Republic

true

2. Who was the first leader of the Mexican revolution

a)Morelos

b)Hidalgo

c)Cavour

d)Mazzini

a) Morelos

2. Belgium revolted against and ultimately gained their independence from what country in 1839

a)The German Confederation

b)The Netherlands

c)Denmark

d)Austria

b) the Netherlands

2. Which country used nationalism and was the driving force behind the unification of Germany

a)Austria

b)Bavaria

c)Prussia

d)Saxony

a) Austria

2. Who was the prime minister (chancellor) who is largely responsible for German unification

a)Cavour

b)Wilhelm

c)Victor Emmanuel

d)Bismarck

d) Bismarck

2.Who led the Red Shirts

a)Bismarck

b)Mazzini

c)Garibaldi

d)Cavour

c) Garibaldi

2 Who was the prime minister that is largely responsible for unifying Italy

a)Bismarck

b)Mazzini

c)Garibaldi

d)Cavour

d) Cavour

2. What country was the driving force behind the unification of Italy

a)Tuscany

b)Kingdom of Sardinia

c)Kingdom of Two Sicily’s

d)The Papal States

b) Kingdom of Sardinia

2.The first of the revolution in the western hemisphere (with the exception of the U.S.) was a slave uprising in

a)Brazil

b)Mexico

c)Argentina

d)Haiti

d) Haiti

2.What was different about the revolution in South America

a)There was no violence

b)It was started by the Creoles, who were part of the upper class

c)Britain aided the revolutionaries

It was led by a peasant

b) it was started by the Creoles, who were part of the upper class

2.Greece gained its independence from what empire

a)Ottoman Empire

b)Austrian Empire

c)Russian Empire

d)British Empire

a) Ottoman Empire

T/F

2.Nationalism is a feeling of loyalty for one’s land, people and culture and if the people do not have a country it often becomes the desire for independence

true

T/F

2.Poland successfully revolted against the Russians in the early to mid-1800’s

false, rebellion was crushed

T/F

2. Austria was Prussia’s main rival for the domination/ leadership of the German states

true

T/F

2. The revolutions in 1830 and 1848 in France were started by the liberal and radicals (respectively) and ultimately failed. This led to the election of more conservative Louis-Napoleon (later Napoleon III)

true

T/F

2.Creoles and Mestizos were the upper class in the Latin American class system

False, peninsulares and creoles were at the top

T/F

2.Bolivar and San Martin initially led different parts of the South American Revolution

true

T/F

2. Realpolitik and “blood and iron”, the policy of using war, were the policies used to unify Germany

true

T/F

2. Prussia defeated Austria and France in its drive to unify Germany

True

T/F

2.The Mexican revolution originated in the peasant/ lower class

true

T/F

2. The British and the French aided the Greeks in their fight for independence

true

2. What are the 3 types of nationalist movements

separation

unification

state-building

2. From highest to lowest, list the social classes of Latin America

Peninsulares

Creoles

Mestizos

Mulattos

Africans

Indians

2. What are the 6 characteristics or bonds that create a nation-state

culture, history, language, territory, nationality, religion

2. what were the 3 schools of political thought (philosophies) during the first half of the 1800's?

Liberal: middle class merchants and nobility; wanted an elected Parliament where only landowners and educated people could vote

Radical: lower class; wanted a democracy for everyone and wanted to keep the ideals of the French Revolution

3. During the Industrial Revolution, the trend in demographics (population distribution) was

a)People moved from rural areas to the city

b)People moved from the city to rural areas

c)Both rural and city populations stayed about the same

d)None of the above

a) people moved from rural areas to the city

3. Steam engines affected the location of factories

a)Encouraging their location near seaports

b)Encouraging their location near sources of raw materials

c)Encouraging their location near population centers

d)Allowing them to be build where a combination of factors was most favorable

d) allowing them to e built where a combination of factors was most favorable

3. Most of the coal and iron-ore that the British used in their factories came from

a)America

b)France

c)Great Britain

d)Spain

c) Great Britain

3. Why did nations on the continent of Europe lag behind Britain in their adoption of the Industrial Revolution

a)Europe was at war until 1815 (Napoleonic Wars)

b)They had few raw materials

c)They preferred the old way of work

d)There were few rivers to make power

a) Europe was at war until 1815 (Napoleonic Wars)

3. Around what year did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain

a)1650

b)1700

c)1750

d)1800

c) 1750

3. Poor working conditions and wages led to the creation of

a)Worker cooperatives

b)Unions

c)Organizations

d)None of the above

b) unions

3.The first type of work to be industrialized in Britain was the __________ industry

a)Mining

b)Railroad

c)Shipping

d)Textile

d) textile

3.Which of the following was a result of the agricultural revolution

a)Many small farmers became tenant farmers or moved to the cities

b)Enclosures became landmarks of wealthy owners

c)Landowners experimented with new agricultural methods

d)All of the above

d) all of the above

3. Around the mid to late 1800’s the British Government began to adopt what type of attitude towards industry and business

a)Laissez-faire

b)Regulatory

c)Anti-business stance

d)Communist

b) regulatory

3.What was not a factor in the population boom of the 18th century

a)Improved medicine

b)Better nutrition

c)Agricultural revolution

d)Napoleonic Wars

d) Napoleonic Wars

T/F

3.The enclosure movement forced many small farmers off their farms and into nearby urban areas

true

T/F

3.At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the old money/ aristocracy of Britain increased their wealth by investing in new factories and businesses

False, new money

T/F

3. The invention of the steam engine had a great impact on transportation on Great Britain

true

T/F

3.Merchant and businessmen in Britain had a lot of influence in Parliament during the Industrial Revolution

True

T/F

3.The expansion of the railroads expanded the markets in the agricultural and fishing industries

true

3.He wrote The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

3. He believed that capitalism would eventually destroy itself

Karl Marx

3.He expanded on the concept of Laissez-faire economics

Adam Smith

3. The theory that ideas, institutions, and actions should be judged on the basis of their usefulness to the majority of society

utilitarianism

3. An economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned and money is invested in business ventures to make a profit

capitalism

3. He wrote the Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx

3.The factors of production would be owned by the state and would operate for the welfare of all

socialism

3.He created the three natural laws of economics

Adam Smith

3.He believed the proletariat would revolt and seize the factors of production

Karl Marx

3.The philosophy in which all means of production would be owned by the people and people would control the government. Ultimately the need for government would cease to exist and a classless society would evolve

communism

4.A way of governing that provided for the needs of people but did not give them any rights

paternalsim

4.U.S. policy that warned European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere

Monroe Doctrine

4.A policy that over time local populations would adopt European culture

assimilation

4.Leader of Ethiopia

Menelik II

4.Leader of U.S. expedition to Japan, born in Newport RI

Matthew Perry

4.An area in which an outside power claims exclusive control of trade and investment rights. This was commonly applied in China

sphere of influence

4.The theory that evolution and “survival of the fittest” could be applied to human society and led to modern racism

social Darwinism

4.The Japanese emperor/ dynasty who reformed/ modernized Japan

Meiji

4.What 2 countries were the dominant colonial powers in Africa

a)Belgium and France

b)France and Britain

c)Germany and Belgium

d)Britain and the Netherlands

b) France and Britain

4.The most brutal form of imperialism. Colonialism took place where in Africa

a)German East Africa

b)The Gold Coast

c)The Belgian Congo

d)British East Africa

c) the Belgian Congo

4.What Empire was declining in the Middle East

a)Ottoman

b)Egyptian

c)Persian

d)Austro-Hungarian

a) Ottoman

4.At what meeting did Europe determine the rules for the colonization of Africa

a)Congress of Vienna

b)London Conference

c)Berlin Conference

d)Congress of Rome

c) Berlin Conference

4.What was not a common factor for the nations that were able to resist imperialism

a)Play European powers against each other

b)A sense of nationalism/ unity

c)Modernization (in some form)

d)Unification of multiple ethnic groups

d) Unification of multiple ethnic groups

4.What country opened up Japan and ended centuries of isolation

a)United States

b)Portugal

c)France

d) Britain

United States

4.What African tribe actually defeated the British in battle (one of the first African tribes to do so) and came close to winning the war

a)Zulus

b)Mali

c)Mandingo

d)Yoruba

a) Zulus

4.What East African rebellion ended with tragic consequences due to a belief in a spiritual protection from bullets

a)Maji-Maji

b)Smoure’ Toure / Mandingo

c)Algeria

d)Zulu

a) Maji-Maji

4.Who rebelled in India and this rebellion led to the British government taking direct control of the colony

a)Boxers

b)Sikhs

c)Sepoys

d) Daoists

c) sepoys

4.In India, the British were able to exploit the difference between what two groups

a)Christian and Muslim

b)Muslims and Buddhists

c)Hindu and Buddhist

d)Hindu and Muslims

d) Hindu and Muslims

4.Which African country successfully resisted the European land grab in Africa

a)Ethiopia

b)Rhodesia

c)South Africa

d)Egypt

a) Ethiopia

4.Off of what country did Japan model its navy

a)United States

b)Britain

c)France

d)Netherlands

b) Britain

4. During what rebellion/ civil war did the British and French intervene to influence the outcome

a)Taiping

b)Boxer

c)Guangxu

d)Qing

a) Taiping

4.What rebellion in china targeted foreigners and Christians

a.Taiping

b.Boxer

c.Guangxu

d.Sikhs

b) Boxer

4.What country was not defeated by Japan during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s

a.China

b.Siam

c.Korea

d.Russia

b) Siam

4. What country in Asia maintained its independence and was never at the mercy of European powers

a.Siam

b.India

c.China

d.Malaysia

a) Siam

4.The Dutch controlled most of what region in Asia

a.Japan

b.China

c.Indochina

d.Indonesia/ East Indies

d) Indonesia/ East Indies

T/F

4.China refused to trade with Britain and Europe and this, in part, led to the trade/ smuggling of opium into China

true

T/F

4. Imperialism was romanticized by western newspapers and authors which contributed to western people’s support of it

true

T/F

4.In general the Europeans felt their culture was superior to the culture of the developing world

true

T/F

4.In most cases, wealth derived from imperialism helped widen the gap between the developing world and the western powers

true

T/F

4.The British East India Company was a company which for all intents and purposes ruled India for a time

true

4.What were reasons that relatively small numbers of Europeans were able to take over the continent of Africa and large sections of Asia?

Better technology

Ability to divide and conquer

Strong military/ leadership

4.List 4 causes or motivating factors for imperialism

economic

technology

power/prestige

spread culture

4.List 4 negatives of Imperialism

Political instability

Africans lost control of land

Widespread famine

Loss of culture

4. List 4 positives of Imperialism

Local warfare reduced (temporarily)

Improved infrastructure

Economic expansion

Lifespan/ literacy increased

4.Considering that some countries successfully resisted European imperialism, list the factors that enabled them to resist

Played Europeans against each other

Strong leadership

Unification

Modernization

4.What did Japan do that enabled them to throw off the yoke (oppression) of Western Imperialism

Modernized themselves and became imperialistic as well

4.Briefly explain what indirect control and direct control are in relation the methods of managing colonial possessions

Indirect: partial self-rule, appointed government positions

Direct: no self-rule, foreigners brought in to rule, aiming for assimilation, uses paternalism

5.List the 5 underlying main causes of WW I

militarism

alliances

imperialism

nationalism

Franco-Prussian war

5.List the 3 countries that made up the Triple Alliance

Italy

Germany

Austria-Hungary

5.List the 3 countries that made up the Triple Entente

Britain

France

Russia

5.List 4 of the 5 new weapons that were developed or “came of age” during WW I

Poison gas, tanks, submarines, airplanes, machine guns

5.What 4 nations/ empires made up the Central Powers

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

5.What 5 nations/ empires made up the Allied Powers

Britain, France, Russia, Italy, U.S

5. List the “Big Four” countries at the Treaty of Versailles peace conference

U.S., Britain, France, Italy

5.List 4 provisions of the Treaty of Versailles

- Germany takes full responsibility for the war

- Germany looses land (Alsace/ Lorraine, and Saar region to France, some to Poland)